Facebook wanted to escape the Trump trap. So much for that.

“If he becomes a candidate again, it makes this situation exponentially harder around questions about fairness and … all the traditional things that people sort of think about when trying not to put their thumb on the scale in terms of an election,” said Katie Harbath, a former Facebook public policy director who served as a staffer on Trump ally Rudy Giuliani’s 2008 campaign. Facebook’s announcement on Trump’s decision is already becoming a political lightning rod. Liberal activists and civil rights groups hammered the company on Friday for not booting Trump permanently off the platform, saying his return would pose a threat to democracy. “A two-year ban gets us past the 2022 election cycle, but does not protect Americans from his interference in the next presidential election, which is why Facebook should, and can, permanently ban Trump,” said Jim Steyer, CEO of the left-leaning Common Sense Media.